New Delhi, March, 2024.
India’s pioneering platform for deliberations on a wide-range of
economic, public finance and harcore taxation issues – ‘TIOL’ will be
organizing a special award ceremony on 6thApril, 2024, wherein the
former President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovindwill honour eminent
Indian-American economist and a Professor of Economics & Law at Columbia
University Prof. Jagdish N. Bhagwati with prestigious ‘TIOL Kautilya Global
Award 2023’, and the duo of prominent policymakers Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Chairman,
13th Finance Commission of India and Shri N. K. Singh, Chairman, 15th
Finance Commission of India with ‘TIOL Fiscal Heritage Award 2023’ for their
profound & unparallel contribution to the field of economics &their impact
on policy making. This one-day event will
be held at Hotel Taj Mansingh in New Delhi.
On the occasion, ‘Padma Bhushan’ Prof. (Dr.) Arvind Panagariya, Chairman
of 16th Finance Commission of India and Professor of Economics &
Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University
will deliver the special address.
The eminent personalities slated to address the event include Mr. Larry
H. Summers, former US Treasury Secretary, Prof. Lord Nicolas Stern of London
School of Economics, Dr. C. Rangarajan, former Governor of RBI, Dr. P. Thiaga
Rajan, Minister of IT & Digital Services, Tamil Nadu, Prof. Klaus Schwab,
Chairman, World Economic Forum and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh, former Judge of
Supreme Court of India and also the Chairman of the Jury for TIOL Awards.
Talking
about the special event, Mr. Shailendra
Kumar, Chairman of TIOL Knowledge Foundation, said, “It is indeed our
priviledge to organize this special award ceremony. Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Dr.
Vijay Kelkar and Shri N. K. Singh are giant personalities in the field of
economics and their impact on policy making is so overwhelming that we, at TIOL
Foundation, are indeed proud and honoured to present a
token of appreciation for their humongous services to the Indian and global
economies. We are also eagerly waiting to heartheir pearls of wisdom during the
awards ceremony.”